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NENRICO COMPANY
WIK FRANCHISE
Common Council Favors
Grant Despite Adverse
Report of Committee.
STEAM-ROLLER
METHODS USEDi
Poll Showed Majority Pledged to j
Lower Bidder. So Vote Was
Taken Without Debate?Alder?
men Reported About Evenly
Divided on Merits of
j Proposition.
Over the protest of the Council Com?
mittee on Streets. sn<l despite #the
Statement at the City attorney thst
the ordinance was not in proper or
the best form, or such as he wouM
haw- drawn, the Common Council last
night adopted an ordinance granting
a light and power franchise to the
Richmond and ilenrlco Railway Com?
pany. The ordinance adopted was
drawn by Samuel U Kelley. attorney
for the Rl'hmorrl and Henrico Com?
pany, an'l was offered by Councilman
T (Jray Haddon as a substitute for
the report of the Committee on Streets.
? preliminary poll showed a majority
of the body pledged to vote tor what-j
ever the Henrico Company asked, so j
the matter waa submitted by both sides j
Without debate, the roll call standing '
14 to I. as follows;
Hon They Voted.
Ayes? Messrs. AtkJasoa. ef Wadlaoa ?,
Butler, ef Leei Hsddoa. of Clay? Haser.
af Clays Jvaea, of Madlaon; Lsaasdea.
af Jrgeraoat Pollard, ef Lee| PeweU.;
af Lee I HateilSe. of Lee; Hoger*, ef '
Jefferson i Sea ton. af ? lay; ?alllvaa. ef i
Jefferson t I ml auf. af ? lay; Welah, at
JefleraoB?14.
\an?Meura, fuller, ef Madison:
Mills. ?f Jetteraea; Pollock, ef Madlaon;
Vaaeerlesr. ef Lee. sad Peters, af Clay
Mr Moore was absent on account or i
a death la hit familv, but was under?
stood to hi in favor of granting the
franchi?e to the Henrico Company.
The Board of Aldermen Is reported
to !.e about evenly divided on the
p: .?position, so far a? the members
have expressed themselves.
? oanmlttee WeaUd Reject Beta Bids.
The special meeting of the lower
branch was called last night to receive
s report from the Committee on Streets
recomiii-riditiK that both bids for the
franchise be rejected on the ground
that the franchise aas not in proper
or the Lest form, that no sufficient
compensation in the way of service
or rates was secured to the city for
so valuable 3 grant, including the use
of the ilty streets for business bus
poses, anu that there was no guarantee
that the service would he rendered
in residential or In other t-an the
congested bifcir.-ss sections if on.
Sttlttos in electric ami j.6w*r s.-rvice
were desired, the SSSSBSlttSS recom
m-r.'le.l that the C.ty Attorney pre?
pare a proper fran.his . c.-ar!y speci?
fying what streets or wh^t sections !'f
the city were to he served, and so
definite la !t? provisions, though no
more drastic than existing franc isce.
tila' any one jSSBlsl c?me in any bid
with : tit-Unite knouladie of what h
way bitving. and .f the real worth of
the grant. So f..r as the two bids
submitted?that of Arthur Lipper a
Co. of New Tork, for f?.eOO. and that
of the Richmond sad Henrico Company
for 110?the committee reported both .
totally inadequate to the worth of the j
rlghta being granted.
Vo Prtafed topic* Dtstrlhwted.
Althoufh th.- report of the Commit?
tee on Streets with the accompanying
opinions o' the City Attorney had beer,
ordered printed and distributed among
members of the Council, there wss no
such distribution, the printed pspers
being <ald on the desks of members
iaa: night after the body met. giving
no opportunity for consideration of the
report save ss it was read by the clerk.
A communication from the Fast End
Citizens Association, favoring gener?
ally the principal of competition In
public service franchises, and specifl
cajiy the grant to the Rlchmonl and
Henrico Railway Coupaavy, waa read at
request of Mr. ?Vlltvaa.
On behalf of himaelf and Messrs.
Kelsen and tJuns!. composing the
wi'n.-rrrty on the Committee on Streets.
Mr. Had don offered a substitute for the
vpert of the committee setting forrh
t>* views of the dissenting members
and re commenc'In ? adoption of the or
glrance pr*p->-ed by Attorney Kelley
tnaking the grant of the franchise to
th' Richmond snd Tle-nrieo Railway
Pomrniy a: its b'd of %in The minor?
ity report took the around that all'
wtarters of policy tn regard to a com -
p-tine franchise ard an to the legality
and proper form of the r**nd'ng -ijiht
bad been RessM bv the fo-me- city
Cr':>c'.l wh*n the franc*: In* aas oe
d- r*d to b* advertised for bids t'nder
Th'.r contentior th*r* was no i':*?tlon
hefor* th* body but th* s*leet1?n of
Which bid to acrept, and as the HI eft -
Wiond and Henr'co Railway Company
was already in th* fl*ld with a exwisid
erable Invscment and a power hont?.
She mltorltv was ?> foplnion that It
could render better e*rvic? than any
?atSide part!** now *n?*rlng tb* elec?
tric field In Richmond, and favored
for that reason the award to th* lower
af th* two bidders
\a SHI?I aw HsiiPJia.
Th*r? was no oseat Ion as to how ras
lewer branch stood on the matter, ass
only nsestlon MSSJ a? to the sise of
th* majority tb* advocate* of thr Hen.
pico road would pile sp The mil wss
aalled in alVoc* and the chair an?
nounced that Mm sohatltst* ordinance
s/raatJng the franc hi** to the Rich
roorvj snd Wet?-**?? Railway Caataaay
had hern adopted.
War kern for the Henrico Railway
sxttstde of th* Coancil?rb*v object to
aWlaa called lobbyist*?are bsally pgr
gaged in snaking g poll of the stand
Sng of the Board of A WWrwen, aatd If
of a safe aaajortty. th* saass
eoOer tactic* in forcing Ska
I INDICTED FOR REBATING
Three Rail war I?taw* a ad Coal roaa
| "aajr tm Troable With Oeveraaseat
I Chi. ago. November 22.?Three su*
sldiary lines of the New Tork Central
system ar.rt a Chicago coal corporation
were Indicted to-day by the Federal
grand Jury, charged with giving and
receiving rebates. The companies
named in the true bills are:
The Lake Shore and Michigan South?
ern Railway Company.
The Cleveland. Cincinnati. Chicago
an i St. i.ouis Hallway Company.
Chicago. Indiana and southern Rail?
way Company.
O'Gara Coal Company.
The Indictments grew ant of the
payment of $?0,000 by the railroads in
the latter part of November, 190?. to
t ie i oal company, for which no proper
accounting wat made, according to the
government. Th? allegations are
BSsVSd under the act of February, 1&03,
know n as the Klkins act. prohlbit'ng
the receiving and g'vlng of rebates.
The ?>'<iara Company operates mines
1 HarrlsUurg. ill.. In Saline County.
Shipments ef coal from the mines to
Danville. III., are especially mentioned
I la the Indictment, tt being charged
that the railroads gave and the coal
company accepted rsjhatag on the in?
voices of the hhipments.
A gPeClflc charge. Is made that $10.
100? was pair] to the coal company by
the several r'illroads or: November 27.
909. on a shipment made In 'nterstate
commerce with V wr rates than are
named In the tariff and schedules as
; recorded with the commission. Other
details charge.-) us rebates are pay?
ments of November 27. I94t, of $10.000
bv the I.: ke Shore; I*.500 by the
Cleveland, Cineinnat.. Chi cage and St.
l>jiils Rai I aray corn >any. an! $Ss5 by
the f'hlcago, Indiana ar.d Southern
Railroad.
>ummontie? commanding the appear?
ance of representative! of the rail?
roads and the O'Gara Coal Company
were issued to-day.
ROBIN UNDER HOT FIRE
Attorneys for Hyde Attack Sky.Heeke*.
Ktaaerler.
New Tork. November 22.?The de?
fense of former Cltv Chamberlain
Charles II. Hyde came to the fore
at his trial to-*ay. Joseph O. Robin, j
sky-roc-tet financier, who wrecked the
Northern Bank B*d is the" State's prin?
cipal witness, was under a hot fire
SC cross-ejtfimlnatton for several j
hours. Kffort was made to connect
him with the Carnegie Trust Company,
to show that he had a mottv* for mak
t~iz the 113'' MM loan to the truBt com?
pany through the Northern Bank,
wh'ch loan the State claims Hyde
foiced by his control of the city's de?
posits.
Questioned bv Max p. ?teuer. Hyde's
counsel. Robin saH the Northern Bank
had made large loans, the security of
which was Bto.-k In the Carnegie Trust
Company. and that the Northern Bank
had a quarter-million dollars gal de
oslt there which It might have lost
y failure of the latter instltut'on. At
empts to show that Robin Is Insane,
nd that he had stolen funds Intrusted
o his custoay. to which he has plead
eJ guilty, were balked by the court.
John B. Stanchfleld. another of the
efendant's lewyers. submitted a brief
sk'.na; Justice Oedf to dismiss the In?
dictment charging bribery while the
efer.dant was City Chamberlain. Dls
rlct Attorney whitman was given
hree days to prepare an answer.
BEHIND CLOSED DOORS
Wlsaw ef MaraVred Mae Tells Starr
te l amer.
Jonesboro. Oa., November 22.?Tes
Imony from Mrs. John King, wife
f the farmer whose burned body was
found last Sunday In the ruins of a
mall frame building near the Hebron
Primitive- Bapt<st Church, was given
to-day in the coroner's investigation of
the death mystery here.
The evidence given by the widow
was heard behind closed doors. Before
testifying, however. Mra King made
? statement to newspaper men. She
said that William Edwards, one of |
the men ander arrest on suspicion,
lendinir the conclusion of the death
I r. eMittation, called at the King home
about a magazine and asked If Mr.
King were there. Her husband, she
said, toid her to answer "No." ac?
cording to _.rs. King. Edwards at?
tempted to come Into the house over
her protests, but she flnallr persuaded
him to leave. Afterwards, she as?
serted, her h:is>>;nd threatened "to
settle ttlkh Bd wards."
Detectives, who ere working trpon
the mystery, said to-day that they
believed King was either killed or
made unconscious and his body then
taken to the building, which was set
?n fire in hope of hiding the crime.
NO REST FOR COMMITTEE
It Will Start fa Work at Oaee as Oeae
patsrn ef lSia.
Savannah. Ga . November 22.?Prepa?
rations for the national campaign of
191 ? by the Democratic party will
commence Immediately w'th th* estab
llshment of permanent offices In both
New York and Washington. William
F. MrCombs. Democratic national
chairman announced here to-day.
Mr. llrComb, has been here visiting
friends and left to-night for Atlanta [
for a visit, after which he will return
t. New York.
? With offices In Washington and
fmw York, the national committee will
t>. ar. active factor In the party, and
will at all times be ?t work." said Mr.
M'?Combs. "There la ?s Saasa* deal ef
work that can be dort? In th* aast
four year*, and with the committee
keeping closely in touch with the af?
fair* of the country I see no reason
why the Democratic party should not
eniain In power for twenty years.
The nations: chairman said h* would
?top *?T TV ash In*** en 0n his way to
>'? w York and rr.ak? arrangements for
t e opening of an office there, and also i
take up -'-talis of the Insugurai parade ,
of President-Elect Wilson.
HEARING IS ADJOURNED
\f if Testlaweey ha Steel Covwe-cnvSas* '
?sH te be Take* la Are Tork. i
Washington. November 22.?Teetl- i
monv of the government's principal'
statisticians In the dissolution suit;
against the Steel corporatioa waa com-j
pleted to-day before Examiner Henry
P. Rrowr. Adjournment of th* hearing
was taken until about December ?
when additional witnesses will be!
relied by the government at a bearing j
In New Tork.
I.uther I'or.art. Jr. I'nlted commit
.-'.oner of Corp'ration*, occupied the'
atand to-day Hr furnished a mas*
of reports published In the bureau ?
report cn th* steel industry. They,
dealt with the market and appraised i
raise of the Steel Corporation's pro?
perty at different periods
SEdTuFE OF EafPCTOR
I tendon. !f*v mher 22?A dMpati
from St. f??ters*>urg says s? saese
c?*wfnl attempt waa made last afaaday
, e wreck 'he frata on nrhleh Emperor
'Kicked** sad m*a*s ?i* ef the Ras
1 isn family were returning from Spate
i -> Tserkee-Iel* hy tearing np the
rills near ?" "glows Rnda The ?i*IT?
? ?pondent adds thai owing to mlstn
' formation as to wh*n the Imperial ,
rain ws* due the work ef the weald-. |
e wreckers waa dene after the train i
KO ADVANCE MADE
III PEACE EFFORTS
| Artillery Duel Continues
Along Lines Fronting
Constantinople.
ANOTHER VICTORY
CLAIMED BY TURKS
'Little Credence Placed in Nazim
Pasha's Report of Bulgarian
Repulse With Heavy Loss.
Powers Are Using Their
Influence to Bring About
Compromise.
London. November 22.?The efforts
: toward peace in the Balkans made no
; visit..'.- progress to-day. Exchanges of
artillery fire and Infantry reconnois;
I sanies proceeded along the Tchatalja
lines, and Nazim Pasha, the Turkish j
commaiider-ln-chief. In a dispatch to 1
Constantinople, claims that an Infantry I
battle occurred in front of the centre I
of his posiUon. and that the Bulgarians j
left several thouaand dead before the
Turkish outer works. Not much cred?
ence is placed in this report, however.
Elsewher? in the war sone the mll
I ltary situation remains unchanged. The
! Servian forces advancing toward the
j Adriatic are meeting with hardships in
j the barren mountainous country, which
' is buried deep :n snow.
The Bulgarians have occupied the
important town of Dedeaghatch. the
terminus of the Saloniki Railway on
the Aegean Sea The Turkish cruiser
Hamlditch came into port at Constanti?
nople damaged from a Bulgarian tor?
pedo. The Turkish claim that the
Hamlditch sank two of the Bulgarian
torpedo boats with which sre was
engaged yesterday haa not yet been
confirmed.
The peace negotiations are believed
by the diplomats to have been sus
pended only by reason of Turkey's re
fusal to accept the first offer of the
allies, and to them the Turkish posi?
tion appears to be one of awaiting ex
pectantly for another old. The best
opinion in London Is that a compro
mlse will be effected between the bel
| Ugerenta. ana that the powers are
j using their good office* behind the
scenes with this snd in view.
Report* frees Sofia say that Tur
| key's rejection of the proffered terms
j of an armistice caused no surprise
there. Three Bulgarians representing
?the three northern kingdoms have
started for the front, with the expecta?
tion of meeting the Turkish plenipo?
tentiaries.
The Greek military attache with the
Bulgarian army will join the Bul?
garian plenipotentiaries. A cessation
of hostilities Is not necessarily ex-1
pec-ted to follow the departure of the
representatives of the allies on the
mission of peace.
Whatever basis for an armistle? mar
be reached, it is expected that it will
leave in abeyance for the negotiation
of a peace treaty the amount of ter?
ritory Turkey will eventually be per?
mitted to retain.
The contract. H is said, will include
Bulgarian renunciati^s "retention to
enter ConstanUnople.
Reports emanating from Vienna an?
nounce that the Albanians will pro?
claim their independence to-morrow at
Durrasso. and that there will be a Joint
Austrian and Italian naval demonstra?
tion off that port.
Cssaaes Little ?ererbst.
Sofia November 22.?Dr. 8. Daneff.
president of the Bulgarian Parliament;
General Savoff. Bulgarian commander?
in-chief, and General Fitcheff, ohlef of
staff of the Bulgarian army, have been
appointed Bulgarian plenlpotenUartss
for the negotiation of an armistice be?
tween the Turkish and Bulgarian
armies. They will proceed Immediately
to the Tchatalja lines to meet the
Turkish plenipotentiaries there.
Now that the delegates have been j
appointed, it Is expected here that for-[
mal negotiations between the Bul?
garisns and the Turks will begin with?
in twenty-four hours. The rejection of
the preliminary conditions by the
Turks caused little surprise here. The
Bulgarians expected to encounter the
Turkish propensity for bargaining.
[ and therefore demanded' more than they |
: expected to obtain
The Balkan allies are prepared to'
grant reasonable modifications of tr.el-.
terms, and are confident that Tuntey |
will finally agree to them.
Aa they do not fear that delay will
eauee them any serious disadvantage,
the Bulgarians are ail the more randy
to make concessions bees use they are
i anxious to settle affairs with Turkey
without the Intervention of the powers.
It 4s asserted that the Bulgarian
Chbinet has given the European pow?
ers the assurance that the Bulgarian ,
tr tods will not enter Constantinople j
and that this will obviate integeren
from Europe.
la the meantime military opera tie
will not necessarily be stopped, but It
la understood that the Bulgarian |
troops will remain passive nnless at?
tacked by the Turks
It Is thought improbable here that 1
active hosltlllties. with the exception
perhaps at aa artillery duel, will be [
Immediately resumed, ss the command?
ers af both armies are fairy occupied |
in combating cholera
GIRL IS MURDERED
Litt*? Rock. Ark-. November St.?
fgsd frewt hop horse, hay head aas)
cat et? aad the body eat hi two j
ay
sta
Tson* as yet unidentified, was tb
af seventeen - rear-old hfary Barn
the daoghtsc af a prosjtaen
sr. restdtng sear Pleasaat Rlakc.
Ark., whas* d
i fosred sear bar boons to mmf,
Mis* Borahsai rods ha the
lasassBs sost-eases lato
I van ret sre tag
I A g?sse ef oweroro aad
[mTnmmmi? *~
Pensions Not Likely to
Be Accepted by Ex
Presidents.
TAFT WILL NOT
DISCUSS PLAN
Practically Certain That He Will |
Not Be Beneficiary of Iron?
master's Funds ? Believed
That Offer Will Hasten
Action to Provide for
Former Executives.
I
Washington. November 22.?President
Taft hud nothing to sav to-day about
Andrew Cat ne^ie's plan for pensioning |
gl rresldesis and the widows of ex-i
Presidents at l.'?.ooo a year, nor would j
U nite House officials talk about the j
proposition.
The unofficial rtew prevailed, bow- |
ever, t.iat the President would not ob?
ject to the plan, although having no
intention of beeanntng a b*.nenciary of j
it himself. It i? probable that Andrew
Carnegie consulted the President about
it in advance and Mast the President
may Inter say something, tbrougn
letter or otherwise, expressing his view j
of the proposition.
Mr. Taft, it is known, proposes to be
one of the Hvest ex-Presidents who
ever left the exe-cut ve offices. He has
no do t about his ability to make a
good living for himself and family in
the practice of law In Cincinnati. It
predicted that he will be offered the
cream of the daw business of th s
country and c:^n make $200.000 a year
at the work. He has some money
himself, although It wou.d not be ample
enough to maintain him and his family
the rest of his life. He will take dig?
nity with him in his retirement, but
it will not be the sort of dignity that
will preven his hustling for a living or
cause him to cease to mingle with nis
fellow-citizena I
WU1 Net Me Beae?etary.
For himself, therefore, the President j
will never become a beneficiary of the
fund, at least not for many years. He {
Is distinctly not a candidate for re
nomination by his party four years!
from now. but conditions within his |
party and the country ma$V sgrain ,
bring him to the front for the suffrage j
ef his feUow-cltiseas. Having a fu- <
ture aa a bread-earner, evea if the!
political side is left out. Mr. Taft will
not call on the Carnegie fund for an>? |
of its gold.
The President recently broadly hint?
ed that the United States government)
should provide for ex-Presidents so
that they need not lower the dignity
of the position they held when they i
enter into private life- He touched onj
this subject in a speech at the L>otu?;
Club in New Tork last Saturday night, j
la which he said:
?I consider that the President of the'
United States is well paid. The saiary
by no means measures the contribution :
to his means of living, which the gen?
erosity of Congress has afforded, and'
unless it is the policy of Congress to.
enable him in his four years to save
money enough to live In adequate dig- '
sag* and comfort thereafter then the
salary Is all that it ought to be.''
The late President Cleveland, follow,
keg his retirement from the presidency.,
wrote an article (or a magazine, com
men ting on the low salary paid the |
President of the United States.
Governor Wilson, the Prasldent-to
he. served for twenty-five years as a
professor and as president of Prince- ;
ton University, and when he finally re- j
signed from the university was refused i
a pension under the Carnegie Founds. I
tion for the Advancement of Learning, j
although he made formal application'
for it Under the rules of the found- i
atloa his resignation kept him from
: elng entitled to the pension.
Fay eg Otaer Haler?.
Foreign nations pay their rulers
sums that are tremendous In compari?
son with the salary of Presidents of
the United States. The Czar of Rus
sis gets a salary of |*..17*.OOo a year.'
and he is said to also have a private'
income of about $2.000.0?'.? a year.!
Kaiser Wilhelm, of (r?rmany. receives
a salary of $2,0*0.0Oo a year from vari- ?
ous sources As King of Persia nej
also recefVes a salary of M.*23.*24 aj
year.
The King of Italy has a civil Hat of
Se.200.0os. The iate King Edward of
England got $2.250.009 for himself ana
$l??.00i> In allowances for his rela?
tives. The King of Spain gets $????.
00? a year. The King of the Belgians,
gets $175.000 a year, the kin*; sCj
Sweden $2f.7.<X?ii. and the King of Den-;
mark $21i.000
The yueen of Holland receives $2*0.-1
00? a year, the King of Norway I1SZ.- '
'?'n. and the rrestdent of France $12*.
?00. In addition to an allowance for
t:av*itng and er.tertalroet of |W.?oi
? year.
The deposed Abdul Hamid of Turkey,
now In exile, gets a large pension.
When he was ruler he received al?
most as much as the Czar "f Kuaala.
although the salary of the Sultan has
been now reduced to $1*0.??'W a year
The present Sultan has s large private
Income.
Oplalsas ef Issaahire.
Andrew Carnegie'? proposition to
pension future ex-Prei Meat* ? f toe
United Star?* and th-u widow* braugat
forth the sugg-ratior. from the Capitol
that the Iren sad st*l king might Sad
more appreciation for a pension sys?
tem that would take car* of the su?
perannuated employe* of Carl* 9am.
those on the Feder*; pay roll that
have net the prestige of the highest
oaVe In th* and to a!-.- them after their
retirement In keeping the wolf fro**
the door
The soggeetion rams* Dom genet* r
Cartis. ef Ksasaa waa has sees ?
great ad vacate of the srtsasHa ef the
piaatia sjsfm. As a WHaa.ii af the
Renate Committee ea
ef HO.?*? te
-PreMdsnts. and a* that thaw be
H
CLAN LEADER SENTENCED
ttDTIA AVLXB.
PUNNED TO KIEL
McNamara Hoped to Destroy)
Detective, Who Was on
His Trail.
M'MANIGAL CONTINUES STORY
; Explains Many Explosions on
! Nonunion Work Before He
Was Arrested.
Indianapolls. Ind.. November 22.?
Explosions on nonunion work in Mil-'
wauke. Wla; Omaha. Neb., and Sprmg
fleld, Mass.. were explainec) by Ortie
E. McManigal at the ??dynamite con?
spiracy" trial to-day as Having been
done by him shortly before he and
James B. McNamara, arriving in De?
troit to "clean up" that city, were ar
Tested with suit cases filled with dy?
namite.
For weeks before his arrest, he tes?
tified, hi had observed he was being
followe-J and had seen strange heads
dodging around the corners of eleva?
tor shafts In she iron workers' head?
quarters in Indianapolis.
"I told James B McXamara before
we started for Detroit that WUUam J.
Burns had detectives after us; that de?
tectives were even coming up near tne
vault where we stored the ?fcraamite.
and that one of them followed me on
the street when I was coins; with a
suit case of dynamite to olow up the
South Chicago job." said Mehls algal
"McNamara said if hs saw any more
of them we would go to Chicago and
rent a room next to Borna s office, put
sn electric wire through the wall and
arrange to set off from our room a
bomb in Burns's desk whea ha was
sltUng there. That would make aa
erea of our troubles with ham. hs said.
I told him I did not think we would
do anything of the kind, or over get
near Burns.
That was aoout April 5, Uli. Mo
Manlgal said. Bs and McNamara were
arreeted seven dais later.
"Best ?ob BVr hirer Old.
For blowing op an unloa-ing hoist
and uamaging a steamer near the docks
at Milwaukee on Ma rh 14, with a loss
of liO.OVS. McManlgal said, ha re
celved the compliments of John J.
McNamara "for the best Job Be ever
chd."
When he destroyed part of the
Douglas County court at Omaha aa
March 2*. he said he -was called jown"
because h* di4 not cause the explo?
sion to occur at exactly the same hour
James B. McNamara blew up a Job at
? olor.ious. lod.
At John J. McNamara a instructions.
McManlgal said, he went to Spriag
AetC Mass.. where be put bombs la a
group of municipal buildings
"After i returned to Indianapolis.'
he said, "we mapped oot the four job*
to be Mown sp in ivt-oit J. J said
we were to receive |2?o for each p>t>
"On April II I left for Toledo to
asset James n at the station there.
The next day we went to Detroit aad
Joseph Schwerts who was si lasts*
to-day. charged with att ?nptmg ha ab-1
struct fast Ice by intimidating Cornelias
Crwwley. Monies. Pa. a witaess. was
lacked la jell sftc a preliminary bear
tag before s t'afted States
Robert J
CPs artsy, tat
sfjjsjBJ skat sjrhwsrts hsd to'd the wit?
aess he "did not seed fa tell the troth
If he dig net want to -
ftrhwsrtc. whs said he lived fa Pal
rags teotlsed he remarked only that
aM rather have Ms heart
oat tl**ar(|^*'^jJ|jjyj,]|gW* was k*hl\
signal triumph
is my mw
Agreement Signed by One of Big
Companies in Coal Strike
Field.
'END OF TROUBLE FORECAST
Union Recognized, Wages In?
creased sad Hours of Labor
Reduced.
Charleston. W. Vs., November 32.?
What la believed to forecast the end
of the great coal strike In the Kana
wha coal fields of West Virginia was
I announced to-day In a signed wage
' agreement between the union miners
and the officials of the National Bi
i luminous Coal and Coke Company. The
' agreement practically recognises the
union, provides for an increase of
about 21 per cent In wages, reduces
tonnage, permits the miners to or
I ganize. provide.* for a nine-hour work
ng day and gives the men now on
I strike preference if they should de
I sire to return to work.
, The agreement was signed by H
I Lyon Smith, of Washington, secretary
and treasurer of the National Bitumin?
ous Cosl and Coke Company, and A. F.'
Lester, president, and A. T. Lester,
secretary of the Eskdale. W. Vs.. local
union of the United Mine Workers of
America.
Conditions throughout the mine ter?
ritory under martial law were quiet
to-day. except for the arrest of a girl
charged with throwing stones, snd the
capture of Samuel Russell, alleged to
have been one of the persons who
fired on the town of Mlgh Ooel on
Thursday night. The militia commis?
sion held a session, hearing cases
against a number of persons.
The miners are Jubilant to-night
over the agreement with the National
; Bituminous Coal and Coke Company.
This concern, owned by Eastern capita?
lists, was Incorporated but a few days
ago for $2.000.000 and was granted a
charter in this city to-day. At pr?s?
ent the company operates mines at
Crown HUI. W. Va. It has. however,
practically closed negotiations for the
purchase of the mines of the Holly
Stephen'on Company, located at Eak
dale The agreement will affect up?
wards of iOO union miners now on
strike
Wltn these men returned to work,
the end of the strike, tt is said, la in
sight. Whether the other coal oper?
ators In the Faint and Cabin Creek Dis?
trict will follow the lead taken bp
I the National Bituminous Coal and Cake
j Company Is not known to-night, bat
! the miners believe they will take atml- I
lar action.
The agreement between the miners
anu the bituminous company follows. ?
-It is agreed that all the old men
shall have the first chiice to return
te werk. If they aa dead re. one week
to be given In which to make appU
> a: ion for work.
"It Is agrees that Last pounds shall
constitute s ton.
"It Is agreed that there shall be rec?
ognition i?f the miners" ommtttee la
the adjustment of dispute*. In ca?e
I he committee and the mine foreman
or eapeetntsalsat cannot agree, the
matter la dispute shaU be submitted to
arbitration, the misers to select one.
the company one These two are to
?elect the third party, and their de?
cision shan be flaal
Tt Is agreed that the miners ana!!
be paid semi-monthly There shall be a
10 per cent sdvsne* In wage*, but It
to understood that aa part of tt shall
ewceed the seal* now IM ?sTect i* the
Kanawfca River aostrtet proper
Tt to agreed that sjtno hoars shall
ssasUtate a aar*? werk
"This ?s-reement to bo fwoettve fa
March t. Ifta.
-If the agreement with rho other
operator* on Cabin Creek hj made na
a Mas bes.s. then this agreement shall
so saodiaed aS ta glare the Mat ?aal
Mtaminou* Coal sad Cake Company ob j
6UILTY0FMUR0ER
IN SECOND DEGREE
Sidna Allen Sentenced
to Fifteen Years in
Penitentiary.
WILL BE TRIED ON
ANOTHER CHARGE?
December a Fixed as Date for
Trial on Indictment Alleging
Murder of Commonwealth's
Attorney Foster?Prisoner
Shows No Emotion When
Verdict Is Announced.
Courthouse Tragedy
and Its Consequences
VICTIMS OP SHOOTING.
Jadse Thornton L. Muatr.
I oaunonw enlth n Vttomry W. M.
P eater.
Sheriff ??Leer? Webb.
Juror Fowler.
Mtea Elisabeth. Ay era.
RESl l.TS TO \ I.I.KX CLAN.
Fiord Allen, arateaeed ta death.
I lande Alle?, ernten red ta death.
Frlel Alles, eighteen jearn BS
penitentiary.
Sldaa Edward*. Alleen years SB
penitentiary.
Victor Allea. aeaattted.
Bird Marlon, diamlnned.
Sldaa Allea, flfteea year* la
pealteatlary.
Weeley Edward a. awaJttag trial.
[Special to The Times-Dispatch.]
Wythevllle. Vs.. November 22.?
Guilty of murder in the second degree
was the verdict of the Jury in the case
of Sidna Allen, for the mfcrder of
Judge Thornton L. Massle, at Hilts
vllle. on March 11 last, when the Allea
clansmen shot up Carroll County court;
killing five persona Punishment waa
hxed at fifteen years in the State
Penitentiary at Richmond.
The case was given to the jury at fi
o'clock yesterday afternoon, but they
were unable to reach an agreement
until 1 o'clock this afternoon. On tog
first ballot the Jury stood five for Arsf
degree, as follows: J. R. Bryant. 8. it.
Plummer. Ii. P. c aid well. P- C. Connor
and J. K. Pugh; one for murder in the
second degree. A. M. Sells, and sin for
acquittal. A. M Gentery. R. C Phippev
a R. COX. Jfr' W. Nlokerk. 3. M. Haas)
and M. K. Busic.
Immediately after the discharge of
the jury, the prosecution announced,
that it would next take up another in?
dictment against the prisoner, that
charging the murder of Common?
wealth's Attorney William M. Foster,
and court fixed December X. as tka
date of trial. It was announced that
the next venire would be summoned
from different places, and from tha
eastern part of 'he State.
Until the case or Steina Allen is dis?
posed of. nothing will be done In tka
case of his nephew. Wesley Edwards.
No Show of Emotion.
The prisoner received the verdict
with no show of emotion, which waa
also true of his wife, who sat besids
him. However, the strsin of the trial
shows plainly: he has lost a great deal
of flesh and appears careworn and ds
jected.
Shortly after court convened this j
morning Judge Staples ordered tha
Jury brought Into the room, and ha
asked if a verdict had bean agreed
upon. The foreman replied that thny
bad not yet reached an agrasmisif. ant
he did not believe the Jury waa hops
lessly divided, and he thought a ver?
dict might b? arrived at after fsi Bast '
deliberation.
In response to a question as to ska
desire for further instructions, tha
foreman said these were not
bat Judge Stoles read to
seoond ofaarge. which was Identical
with the seoond instructions read to
the Floyd Allen jurors wnen It ap?
peared as If they would not ho able
to agree. These Instructions war*
among the exceptions noted by the de?
fence in Floyd's case, but the Virginia
Supreme Court. In its deotstoa last
week, hold that they were proper.
1*1 SB f. Charge.
Judge Staples s second sharge wag
as follows.
-Such Is the magnitude of this seas
and the Importance of your duties
that I feel that \ must ssnd yon bae*
to your Jury room with a few words
of caution arid advice _
-When a number of men are thrown
into an intimate relation for a long
period ?f time with ail their thought
snd attention crntred npea oae matter,
there is a natural tendency ta
different views and positions In dl
cissing the matter which they a
railed upon to decide This is not ea
natura . but it is destrsole. if there
to be that fran* interchange of
necessary to s-i intelllsent
tlon and a sathrfscUr> cone
but along wi'h thi* te-.,|ency there is
anoti^er tendency of the human miasV
which is to flx deep-rooted la yowr ??*
minds unwarranted opinion In yoor
earnest effort to convince their
tendency which. If >1elde<! t?. wUI
strov the very end >o : have In vlet
"It )s not your power of ~
atn: . iearness >f your vlewa SO
Che Just lew of voav individual c?notu
stons or the nrmne** ..f >our mi ad aa4
will which yoa are her* sworn to tP*
and determine, but the issue of the*
case, which is th? guilt or Innoosass)
of the accuee.1 and if yoa lean sigh*,
of that is?je It. any pride of optakas,
>oo hsve done * rong t* yeuroetf sab
unintended violence to vour soksssa 0mm
ltgalior. and grav- Injustice el tka ?
tf> Conm errate Ith or tka aceur
?When you were "elected sad
to try this ? *s? the law. which
indifferent between the parties, toe
posed in yes the coawdeace that VOM
would he*r w'thout SCeJsdW tha 'Oft*
dence 1h-- Irstructions and the
ro??t I? th?? case that yea
deliberate fairly and fraaaJJ*
year associates, snd is mU ~